But then, Men of War doesn't need a slick Hollywood narrative to succeed. It does its stunning storytelling on the hoof and on the battlefield. It writes its dramas in blood, and fire, and bullets. Buy this game and you're buying a thousand spontaneous war stories.

The realism of the gameplay is complemented perfectly by the graphics engine powering it all. The level of detail in both the models and the textures is impressive, and even with dynamic shadows and reflections enabled there was no noticeable slowdown.